Timothy Dalton

Timothy Dalton

Known for
Acting
Born
March 21, 1946 (age 80)
Birthplace
Colwyn Bay, Wales, UK

Biography

Timothy Leonard Dalton Leggett (born March 21, 1946) is a British actor. He gained international prominence as the fourth actor to portray fictional secret agent James Bond in the Eon Productions film series, starring in The Living Daylights (1987) and Licence to Kill (1989). Beginning his career on stage, he made his film debut as Philip II of France in the 1968 historical drama The Lion in Winter. He took roles in the period films Wuthering Heights (1970), Cromwell (1970), and Mary, Queen of Scots (1971). Dalton also appeared in the films Flash Gordon (1980), The Rocketeer (1991), Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003), Hot Fuzz (2007) and The Tourist (2010). On television, Dalton played Mr. Rochester in the BBC serial Jane Eyre (1983), Rhett Butler in the CBS miniseries Scarlett (1994), Rassilon in the BBC One sci-fi series Doctor Who (2009–2010), Sir Malcolm Murray on the Showtime horror drama Penny Dreadful (2014–2016), and the Chief on the DC Universe / HBO Max superhero series Doom Patrol (2019–2021). He portrayed Peter Townsend in the fifth season of The Crown.

Known For

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Filmography

2022
Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act poster

Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2022
1923 poster

1923

TV · as Donald Whitfield · 11 eps

2019
Toy Story 4 poster

Toy Story 4

Movie · as Mr. Pricklepants (voice)

2019
Doom Patrol poster

Doom Patrol

TV · as Dr. Niles Caulder / The Chief · 27 eps

2017
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure poster

Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure

TV · as Demanitus (voice) · 1 ep

2016
The Crown poster

The Crown

TV · as Peter Townsend · 1 ep

2014
Toy Story That Time Forgot poster

Toy Story That Time Forgot

Movie · as Mr. Pricklepants (voice)

2014
Penny Dreadful poster

Penny Dreadful

TV · as Malcolm Murray · 27 eps

2013
Toy Story of Terror! poster

Toy Story of Terror!

Movie · as Mr. Pricklepants (Voice)

2012
Everything or Nothing poster

Everything or Nothing

Movie · as Self

2012
Secret of the Wings poster

Secret of the Wings

Movie · as Lord Milori (voice)

2012
Partysaurus Rex poster

Partysaurus Rex

Movie · as Mr. Pricklepants (voice)

2012
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars poster

Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars

Movie · as Self

2011
Hawaiian Vacation poster

Hawaiian Vacation

Movie · as Mr. Pricklepants (voice)

2011
Small Fry poster

Small Fry

Movie · as Mr. Pricklepants (voice)

2010
The Tourist poster

The Tourist

Movie · as Chief Inspector Jones

2010
Toy Story 3 poster

Toy Story 3

Movie · as Mr. Pricklepants (voice)

2010
Doctor Who: The End of Time poster

Doctor Who: The End of Time

Movie · as Lord President/Narrator

2008
Unknown Sender poster

Unknown Sender

TV · as Miles · 1 ep

2007
Hot Fuzz poster

Hot Fuzz

Movie · as Simon Skinner

2007
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz poster

Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz

Movie · as Self

2007
Chuck poster

Chuck

TV · as Alexei Volkoff · 6 eps

2006
Timothy Dalton: On Acting

Timothy Dalton: On Acting

Movie · as Self

2005
Hercules poster

Hercules

TV · as Amphitryon · 2 eps

2004
Dunkirk poster

Dunkirk

TV · as Narrator · 3 eps

2004
Agatha Christie's Marple poster

Agatha Christie's Marple

TV · as Clive Trevelyan · 1 ep

2003
Looney Tunes: Back in Action poster

Looney Tunes: Back in Action

Movie · as Damien Drake

2001
American Outlaws poster

American Outlaws

Movie · as Allan Pinkerton

2000
Time Share poster

Time Share

Movie · as Matt Farragher

2000
Possessed poster

Possessed

Movie · as Fr. Willam Bowden

2000
Inside The Living Daylights poster

Inside The Living Daylights

Movie · as Self

2000
Tribute to Desmond Llewelyn poster

Tribute to Desmond Llewelyn

Movie · as James Bond (archive footage) (uncredited)

2000
Inside 'Licence to Kill' poster

Inside 'Licence to Kill'

Movie · as Self

1999
Made Men poster

Made Men

Movie · as Sheriff Dex Drier

1999
Passion's Way poster

Passion's Way

Movie · as Charles Darrow

1999
Cleopatra poster

Cleopatra

TV · as Julius Caesar · 2 eps

1998
Mikhail Baryshnikov's Stories from My Childhood poster

Mikhail Baryshnikov's Stories from My Childhood

TV · as Prince Gvidon (voice) · 1 ep

1997
The Informant poster

The Informant

Movie · as DCI Rennie

1997
The Beautician and the Beast poster

The Beautician and the Beast

Movie · as Boris Pochenko

1996
Salt Water Moose poster

Salt Water Moose

Movie · as Lester Parnell

1995
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross poster

In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross

Movie · as Self / James Bond

1994
Lie Down with Lions poster

Lie Down with Lions

Movie · as Jack Carver

1994
Scarlett poster

Scarlett

TV · as Rhett Butler · 4 eps

1993
Naked in New York poster

Naked in New York

Movie · as Elliot Price

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1992
30 Years of James Bond poster

30 Years of James Bond

Movie · as Self

1992
Framed poster

Framed

TV · as Eddie Myers / Phillip von Joel · 4 eps

1991
The Rocketeer poster

The Rocketeer

Movie · as Neville Sinclair

1991
Rocketeer: Excitement in the Air poster

Rocketeer: Excitement in the Air

Movie · as Self

1990
The King's Whore poster

The King's Whore

Movie · as King Vittorio Amadeo

1989
Licence to Kill poster

Licence to Kill

Movie · as James Bond

1989
Brenda Starr poster

Brenda Starr

Movie · as Basil St. John

1989
Tales from the Crypt poster

Tales from the Crypt

TV · as Lokai · 1 ep

1988
Hawks poster

Hawks

Movie · as Bancroft

1987
The Living Daylights poster

The Living Daylights

Movie · as James Bond

1987
Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond poster

Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond

Movie · as Self

1987
Na siehste!

Na siehste!

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1986
Sins poster

Sins

TV · as Edmund Junot · 3 eps

1985
The Emperor's New Clothes poster

The Emperor's New Clothes

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1985
Florence Nightingale poster

Florence Nightingale

Movie · as Richard Milnes

1985
The Doctor and the Devils poster

The Doctor and the Devils

Movie · as Doctor Thomas Rock

1984
The Master of Ballantrae poster

The Master of Ballantrae

Movie · as Col Francis Burke

1984
Mistral's Daughter poster

Mistral's Daughter

TV · as Perry Kilkullen · 8 eps

1983
Antony and Cleopatra poster

Antony and Cleopatra

Movie · as Antony

1983
Jane Eyre poster

Jane Eyre

TV · as Edward Fairfax Rochester · 9 eps

1982
Nature poster

Nature

TV · as Host · 1 ep

1982
Faerie Tale Theatre poster

Faerie Tale Theatre

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep

1981
Chanel Solitaire poster

Chanel Solitaire

Movie · as Boy Capel

1980
Flash Gordon poster

Flash Gordon

Movie · as Prince Barin

1979
Agatha poster

Agatha

Movie · as Archie Christie

1979
The Flame Is Love poster

The Flame Is Love

Movie · as Marquis de Guaita

1978
Sextette poster

Sextette

Movie · as Sir Michael Barrington

1978
Centennial poster

Centennial

TV · as Oliver Seccombe · 12 eps

1978
An Audience with... poster

An Audience with...

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1976
El hombre que supo amar poster

El hombre que supo amar

Movie · as Juan de Dios

1976
Charlie's Angels poster

Charlie's Angels

TV · as Damien Roth · 1 ep

1975
Permission to Kill poster

Permission to Kill

Movie · as Charles Lord

1971
Mary, Queen of Scots poster

Mary, Queen of Scots

Movie · as Henry, Lord Darnley

1971
Great Performances poster

Great Performances

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1971
Film '72

Film '72

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1970
Cromwell poster

Cromwell

Movie · as Prince Rupert

1970
Wuthering Heights poster

Wuthering Heights

Movie · as Heathcliff

1970
The Voyeur poster

The Voyeur

Movie · as Mark

1969
Judge Dee poster

Judge Dee

TV · as Actor

1968
The Lion in Winter poster

The Lion in Winter

Movie · as Philip II

1967
Sat'day While Sunday

Sat'day While Sunday

TV · as Peter · 14 eps

1966
Troilus and Cressida poster

Troilus and Cressida

Movie · as Diomedes

1965
BBC Play of the Month poster

BBC Play of the Month

TV · as Clive Harrington, Marchbanks · 1 ep

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as Colonel Francis Burke · 1 ep